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The road to a successful open source project: Learning lessons from Drupal

Drupal's lead programmer, Dries Buytaert, on building an open source community and creating the right kind of developer culture
What SOPA could mean for Australia

Could US anti-piracy legislation affect Australian businesses?
10 programming languages that could shake up IT

A look at 10 cutting-edge programming languages
Mozilla moves forward with plan for enterprise version of Firefox

This new version of the browser would be upgraded much less frequently to give IT departments a chance to properly adopt new releases

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Breaking down the gender divide in open source and open culture

How the Ada Initiative aims to increase women's participation and challenge sexism in open source, open technology and open culture

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Apple reclaims top brand spot after iPhone 4S launch, Jobs' death

Apple reclaimed the top spot in a brand listing by collecting an estimated $900 million worth of traditional media, social media and Twitter coverage in the fourth quarter of 2011, a measurement company said today.
Mobile Phones

Rubinstein leaves HP

Jon Rubinstein, known for his role developing the original iPod for Apple and for running Palm, has left Hewlett-Packard, where he's worked since the company's acquisition of Palm.
Mobile

Strathfield Council deploys iPad 2 to councillors

Strathfield Council in Sydney’s inner west has deployed Apple’s iPad 2 to all councillors following a unanimous vote in favour of the move.
Security

Twitter to censor tweets in specific countries

Twitter now has the ability to censor tweets in specific countries, the social networking service announced on Thursday.
Networking

Aruba smashes security intrusions for Tennis Australia

Tracking intrusions to the Tennis Australia network is easier this year due to an expanded partnership with Aruba Networks.
Services

Telstra provides assistance package for Tweed Shire flood victims

Telstra has today released an assistance package for residents and small businesses in and surrounding the flood-affected Tweed Shire region.
IT Services

'Opt-in' will undermine e-health records: AMA

The Australian Medical Association (AMA) has continued to lobby the government to change its $466.7 million e-health record system to an “opt-out” model, arguing that the current “opt-in” model will undermine the system’s health improvement objectives.
Networking

Internode offers new NBN-equivalent FTTH plans to more customers

Internet service provider (ISP), Internode, has introduced fibre to the home (FTTH) plans at 20 real estate developments around Australia that align prices with its NBN services.
Security

Why global action on cybercrime needed

International action to snuff out cybercrime is desperately needed, officials and business leaders say, warning that criminals move at internet speed while countries drag their feet.
Security

Beware of malicious QR codes: Report

Cyber criminals have taken advantage of the proliferation of quick response (QR) codes on posters and marketing material by putting their own malicious stickers over the top of legitimate ones, warns security vendor, AVG Australia and New Zealand.
Hardware

Company uses iPads instead of laptops in loaner program

A fast-growing media company has hit upon an iPad loaner program, which replaces laptops for occasional travelers. The Apple tablet's simplicity compared to the laptop makes it much easier to administer and use.
Software

iPad 3 rumour rollup for the week of January 26

As the faithful gathered in San Francisco this week for Macworld|iWorld, their faith seemed rewarded by a new spate of iPad 3 rumours.
Mobile

Tablet use can cause neck pain: Study

Users of tablet computers should place their device on the table and tilt its screen, rather than have it flat on their lap, to avoid potentially painful hunching of the neck, a study suggests.
Software

Nokia reports loss as Windows Phone sales are off to okay start

Nokia's sales dropped and losses increased during the fourth quarter, as sales of Symbian-based smartphones suffered and Windows Phones got started.
Software

Nintendo slashes annual targets for 3DS despite price cuts, software bonanza

Nintendo has slashed its annual sales target for the flagship 3DS handheld, conceding that price cuts and a barrage of software titles were not enough to recover from a weak launch last year.

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